France Has France; The UK Has The BBC

This ongoing court case currently going on, involving the BBC desperate attempt to salvage its reputation, seems not unlike the France2 attempt to protect their botched job on the infamous Al Dura film:

BBC Fights to Hide Report on Anti-Israel Bias

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is fighting a court order that would force it to reveal an internal report on anti-Israel bias. The media giant has reportedly spent 200,000 British pounds (roughly $280,000) on the case.

The legal battle was started by attorney Steven Sugar of London, who contends that the report on bias in its coverage must be made public under the Freedom of Information Act. The 20,000-word report is rumored to have concluded that the BBC's coverage was biased against Israel, a conclusion that Sugar says is of public interest.

The BBC argues that the document is protected under a clause exempting information held for journalistic purposes from the Freedom of Information Act.

The case has been through Britain's Information Tribunal, High Court and Appeals Court, and will now return to the High Court. The most recent round, in the Appeals Court, ended in Sugar's favor.

Apparently, the media has a lot to hide.

Who knew?

Technorati Tag: Media Bias.